Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation and associated relative standard error in private industry in the United States and by geographic region, census division, and locality, March 2009.
Area Total Compensation Wages and Salaries Total Benefit Cost
Cost Relative standard error Cost Relative standard error Cost Relative standard error

United States

$27.46 0.9 $19.45 0.9 $8.02 1.1

Northeast

31.73 1.6 22.08 1.4 9.65 2.0

New England

32.02 2.0 22.54 1.8 9.48 2.5

Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH

35.60 3.2 25.08 3.0 10.52 4.7

Middle Atlantic

31.62 2.4 21.91 2.2 9.72 3.1

New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA

35.45 4.0 24.43 3.7 11.02 4.9

Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD

30.36 4.9 20.66 2.4 9.70 11.3

South

24.45 2.0 17.59 1.9 6.86 2.3

South Atlantic

25.47 1.9 18.31 1.7 7.16 2.4

Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV

34.03 6.5 24.52 5.8 9.51 8.5

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL

29.69 4.9 21.23 4.9 8.47 5.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL

25.42 4.9 18.89 5.2 6.54 4.5

East South Central

20.87 7.1 14.89 6.8 5.98 8.5

West South Central

24.67 3.5 17.82 3.2 6.84 4.3

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

29.39 5.8 21.04 5.6 8.35 7.1

Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX

31.10 5.7 22.59 6.1 8.51 6.1

Midwest

26.44 1.7 18.57 1.7 7.86 1.8

East North Central

26.92 1.4 18.83 1.2 8.09 2.1

Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL, IN, WI

31.93 3.9 22.37 3.5 9.57 5.4

Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI

33.17 4.4 22.40 4.3 10.78 4.9

West North Central

25.39 4.7 18.02 5.1 7.37 4.1

Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI

29.47 7.5 20.72 7.0 8.76 9.6

West

29.53 1.8 21.00 1.6 8.53 2.4

Mountain

26.21 3.8 19.01 3.6 7.20 5.2

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

26.01 8.8 19.11 8.8 6.90 9.0

Pacific

30.94 1.4 21.85 1.4 9.09 1.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA

29.24 2.8 20.85 2.4 8.39 4.8

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA

38.28 2.7 27.00 2.5 11.28 3.3

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA

32.77 7.0 22.99 6.8 9.77 7.8